New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 48

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✨ Postal and Telegraph Revenue



RETURN of REVENUE collected at the General Post Office and in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Quarter ended 30th June, 1887.

Postage received from Foreign Offices. Private Box and Bag Rents. Money-order Commission. Stamps sold and credited to Stamp Revenue. Postal Guides. Postal-note Commission. Miscellaneous Receipts. Total. TELEGRAPH REVENUE.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Paid Telegrams, &c. Government Telegrams.
Number. Cash received. Number. Value.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
General Post Office .. .. 9,711 12 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,711 12 9 .. 117 2 3 .. ..
Auckland .. .. .. 12 0 0 376 3 2 4,842 4 6½ 1 2 6 40 18 6½ 6 1 0 5,278 9 9 62,330 4,317 3 2 8,786 1,119 19 1
Blenheim .. .. .. 3 0 0 44 11 8 634 0 11½ 0 3 6 3 3 7 .. 684 19 8½ 7,107 548 17 1 1,822 118 5 2
Christchurch .. .. .. 15 10 0 271 9 4 5,236 12 3½ 0 14 6 21 14 0 1 1 0 5,547 1 1½ 37,605 3,166 10 10 4,106 436 18 1
Dunedin .. .. .. 6 10 0 275 5 2 5,087 18 10½ 0 15 6 27 10 11½ 0 11 1 5,398 11 7 46,621 3,658 19 9 5,773 602 8 2
Gisborne .. .. .. 15 10 0 31 3 2 1,386 18 2 0 3 0 1 7 2 .. 1,435 1 6 5,600 344 12 4 667 71 6 0
Greymouth .. .. .. 2 0 0 100 12 2 1,036 7 8½ .. 3 11 9½ 0 3 6 1,142 15 2 17,055 963 10 2 1,932 212 16 11
Hokitika .. .. .. 1 0 0 36 14 0 356 7 3 0 0 6 1 15 5½ .. 395 17 2½ 6,624 387 11 0 609 67 11 3
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 106 17 2 2,721 2 7½ 0 8 6 17 5 7½ 0 13 6 2,846 7 5 19,446 1,166 4 0 3,002 280 14 11
Napier .. .. .. 12 15 0 144 19 0 2,325 13 9½ 0 8 0 10 18 8 18 16 0 2,513 15 5½ 22,391 1,623 9 3 3,404 417 17 1
Nelson .. .. .. .. 48 15 0 893 8 7½ 0 0 6 4 18 3½ .. 947 2 5 11,546 759 0 6 2,001 187 8 0
New Plymouth .. .. .. 1 10 0 37 15 10 376 7 8 .. 6 1 9½ .. 421 15 3½ 7,153 374 6 6 1,851 191 11 5
Oamaru .. .. .. 0 5 0 45 8 10 1,561 0 7½ 0 1 0 5 0 3 5 1 6 1,616 17 2½ 7,567 542 1 3 564 48 9 10
Thames .. .. .. 0 10 0 52 3 1 1,147 10 1 0 1 6 8 3 7½ 0 3 0 1,208 11 3½ 10,706 564 16 10 1,633 212 3 6
Timaru .. .. .. .. 60 6 0 2,544 1 2½ 0 5 6 9 17 3 0 5 0 2,614 14 11½ 10,465 698 0 7 759 71 11 9
Wanganui .. .. .. 5 0 0 88 4 0 2,875 4 0½ 0 2 6 12 8 8 .. 2,980 19 2½ 16,273 1,105 9 9 2,426 199 4 9
Wellington .. .. .. 12 0 0 324 6 2 3,790 6 4 0 8 0 24 18 1½ 22 1 2 4,173 19 9½ 82,765 4,732 13 5 19,056 2,483 1 10
Westport .. .. .. 1 10 0 55 14 10 459 15 10 0 1 0 2 3 1 .. 519 4 9 9,212 517 14 9 1,690 179 17 7
Total second quarter in 1887 .. 9,711 12 9 89 0 0 2,100 8 7 37,275 5 7½ 4 16 0 201 16 10½ 54 16 9 49,437 16 7 380,466 25,588 3 5 59,581 6,900 15 4
Corresponding quarter in 1886 5,713 5 3 120 5 0 2,105 2 10 35,489 15 8 5 14 0 155 9 2 6,438 6 9 50,027 18 8 402,052 26,841 5 8 63,607 6,759 2 10

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1887.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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💰 Return of Revenue Collected

💰 Finance & Revenue
21 July 1887
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Financial Report
  • W. Gray, Secretary